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Military option for the president, it just awaits a decision. as the fighting rages on in iraq, the pentagon is moving more firepower and anmanpower into the region to prepare for whatever president obama orders. already, at the u.s. embassies in baghdad, dozens of marines and army troops have moved in to beef up security. a top priority? evacuate all americans at the embassy if it comes to that. the aircraft carrier "george h.w. bush" and five other warships are now in the persian gulf. more than 500 marines and dozens of helicopters are on stand by if an evacuation is ordered. the former top...

Special forces on the ground. certainly with the pesh mur ga in the north and also with the jordanians. they can provide some of the ground intelligence. >> so now one of the most critical intelligence questions for the u.s. military is whether these isis fighters can make it all the way to baghdad and challenge authority in that city. some u.s. officials are telling us no, that the isis fighters will encounter very well trained shia-base security forces from the iraqi government and that they will be stopped. about you, but if they do make it to baghdad, if they were to attack the airport in ...

Going to do that. aides to the president are stressing that any military strike against iraq would be limited in scope. incoming white house press secretary josh ernest told reporters aboard air force one any action would not lead to a "open-ended commitment." white house officials are also downplaying how much the u.s. would work with iran in containing the threat. ernest told reporters there are no plans for any military coordination between the u.s. and iran, only that officials were both countries may speak on the sidelines at this week's discussions regarding iran's nuclear program. there...

We're covering all angles of this fast moving story. let's begin in baghdad with our senior international correspondent nick robertson. she has the very latest. >> reporter: as isis reveals execution videos, baghdad itself is nervously awaiting what may happen next. isis gang more ground, moving close tore baghdad. the u.s. embassy there, fortified security, more u.s. marines being brought in, some staffers being evacuated taken in other safer iraqi cities. on the capital streets outside, an iraqi policeman nervously eyes passing cars, busier than the past few days, fears that the city is abou...

It's in "the situation room," they can can have video conferencing, all of a sudden it were ras up the possibility that the president may be moving toward some sort of military action. >> that's exactly right, wolf. we understand that there's national security meetings were happening here at the white house throughout the weekend and the national security advisor susan rice was keeping the president up to speed how all of those meetings were going. we don't have the location of tonight's meeting. we'll get it back to you. >> jim accost ta, will monitor that. i hear marine one arriving on the s...